James Madison Papers

To James Madison from William Eustis, 6 November 1812 (Abstract)

§ From William Eustis

6 November 1812. Lists proposed promotions and appointments in the U.S. Army for JM’s approval.

Letterbook copy and partial letterbook copy of enclosure (DNA: RG 107, LSP); printed copy and printed copy of enclosures (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, 1828). description ends , 2:296–302). Letterbook copy 1 p. On 9 Nov., JM forwarded to the Senate Eustis’s list of recess promotions and appointments in the Corps of Engineers, the Regiment of Artillerists, the Regiment of Light Artillery, the First through Seventh Regiments of Infantry, and the Rifle Regiment, along with a list of recess appointments from Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, Tennessee, the Indiana Territory, Delaware, Ohio, Georgia, Connecticut, Virginia, New Jersey, Kentucky, Rhode Island, North Carolina, the Mississippi Territory, Maryland, the District of Maine, and New Orleans (ibid., 2:296–302).

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